Develop tons of annoying catchphrases.

While I agree with your play Kevin Frandsen at 2B platform, I disagree with your "Ray Durham: Center Fielder" principles. Though your theories on "The Practical Uses of Alchemic Principles in the Application of Chemistry to the Post-Alou Galvanized Team Unit" also intrigue me.

It's a PA announcer, not a broadcaster. If you know enough to be able to say "ground ball to (SS's last name), (hitter's last name) out at first" when there is a ground ball to the shortstop and he throws the guy out at first you'll be fine. Basically you just vaguely recap what happened. Your job is not to let the audience know what happened. They are there. They can see it. They know what happened. You just have to tell them who did it and be done. And you have names on sheets, so easy peasy.

I don't think you need to too much baseball knowledge.  I think you just need to say things like:

"Hey those are some big pizzas, come get the buffet you fishermen"

Maybe give out some pictures of pizzas and bottles of wine.

Oh yea, and get a special "rock the mic" voice.

don't ask the denizens of MCC for advice.

Second most important: if they give you some anyway, don't take it.

As someone who obsessively scores every baseball game she watches, I still write "3" sometimes when the third baseman is involved in a putout. I know the third baseman is 5. It doesn't keep me from making the mistake. The only explanation I can offer is there are some days when I can't brain because I have the dumb.

Minimizing the "can't brain, I have the dumb" moments are essential when doing anything in the public eye. Fake it till you make it. And if you do mess up, regroup. All that. If you're really worried about it you can pick up Baseball for Dummies or something. Even though it's written by Joe Morgan, there's a lot of good stuff in there.

"Full count with ducks on the pond.  He winds and throws.  A high can of corn.  But does anyone see it?  The third baseman and second sacker come running in but it drops!  He's hit an 'I got it, you take it' to score the winning run!"

If they say you don't know enough about baseball, send them this link and laugh uncontrollably.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renel_Brooks-Moon

I announced last year for a couple of semi-pro games locally and really all you have to do is say the names, recap the innings and give advertisements and silly introductions.  it'll all be in front of you and really doesn't require all that much int he way of baseball knowledge.

The fact that you regularly visit a blog tells me you have enough.

Are you getting paid?

Okay, so here's the deal. I found out about a bunch of guys who have also shown interest in the job, and they all spend time discussing every sport here at school, but I think I have as good a shot as they do, since I'm a one-sport girl. I had already planned on pointing Renel out to anybody who says that a girl can't do it. I don't think I'll be getting paid, but for me, it'd just be cool to say "I'm the PA girl at the baseball games." I'm all about going after odd, fun jobs and opportunities.

I'm thinking Slo is right about just having to recap something along the lines of, "For the Flames in the 3rd, it's 1 run on 2 hits with 63 errors for the Chanticleers," and that I'm pretty sure I can do. Except I can't remember if the announcers in the past have also said "And that's an error to John Smith" should something like that happen. I guess I can always ask about that when they get back to me.

I asked you guys because I've learned more about baseball (like what the heck OPS really means as opposed to OBP) from you guys (and you make me laugh), so I figured that if anybody could help me out, it'd be the McCoven.

So, now all I have to do is wait for them to let me know the details, and hope for the best.

I'd say the most important thing about being a PA announcer is knowing how to pronounce every player's name.  Especially with the visiting team, I suggest talking to the other team's coach or a family member to make sure you know the names.

Also, work with whomever is official scorer.  Usually the umpires will communicate with the scorer to help make sure that player changes go noticed and even on things like errors and so forth.  It's not unusual for errors to go unannounced for a few pitches, so don't worry too much about getting that out right away.

Other than that, I recommend going to as many pro games as possible and listen to the difference between how a home team's players get announced than the away team's.  Some people love how Renel over-excites with the home team's players, others prefer how Oakland's announcer monotones on just about everyone.

Don't pattern yourself after Renel, even as... um, good as she is...
Listen to the A's guy and the dude in Denver.
That's how the PA person is supposed to sound.

Just, good luck. You have way more guts than me to ever get in front of a microphone no matter how much I know about baseball, and not because I'm a chick, but because I'm speakinpublic-phobic. I hope you kick ass.

Loving the game is not a problem. I'm glad that there is an official scorer, because sitting in the stands, you don't really think about people like that. I was never really one to keep score during the game - I just love to watch.

The cutoff for people to say they were interested is today, so I'm hoping to hear something from them soon. Thank you so much for all the words of encouragement, and I'll let you know how it turns out.

Well, I finally heard back from the Athletic Department, and they "decided to pursue other candidates."

Thanks for your support and advice, guys - I guess it just wasn't meant to be.